Leadership

Two weeks ago I was having lunch with Daniel Weinand, one of the founders of Shopify. Though Daniel has always told me how great their work culture was. Seeing it in action was something else. I walked into a…

Improving is internal. It’s about the now. It’s about being more efficient in the way you currently operate. It’s about self-discipline and clarity of direction. Innovating is about the external. It’s about the future. It’s about being flexible and…

4 year old Alex couldn’t have raised millions of dollars with one lemonade stand. She needed to capture people’s hearts. Many people think that leadership is about titles or positions in a company but leadership is about one person’s…

I can remember that feeling like it was yesterday. A bunch of guys all sitting in the dressing room waiting to get in the game. The coach would walk in and say: “listen up!” The room would turn silent…

It’s that simple. We used to shake hands and it meant something. It meant that we can trust each other. We had integrity. And our reputation was based on it. But so many people have no integrity these days.…

1. Find your purpose first. What are you trying to change? Why do you exist? 2. Communicate a clear and powerful mission. What’s the goal? 3. Learn what motivates each individual. 4. Make a personal connection. 5. Praise, recognize…

Warren Buffet showed his calendar to a business man. To the mans surprise nothing was in it. Warren told him that he spends much of his day reading about all sorts of things. Reading is a form of rapid…

I don’t do any coaching but I think coaching is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself. There’s a lot of great coaches out there that will pay for themselves. Here’s a video about what…

In the Golden Notebook Doris Lessing writes: “Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved…

Carol Dweck talks about the growth mindset vs. the fixed mindset. Someone with a growth mindset believes that being gifted is overrated. That anyone can be good at anything if they practice enough. They believe in improving their flaws as oppose to…